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C. s F REAVIa•
F. I . LOOMIS, O.ORRES;POg.DING.EDI7OI?
iIeONTROSE.
Thursday, Febitnitry W5,•11358.
• As fix as w•e have heard, the Repub•
Beans have generally done well, the re
cent township eleCtions in ,this County. liar
ford claims the banher, we understand, hav,:
log given-solne of - the Republican eanaidatip
over 100 Majority. We will give the par
tieulats next week, tbeckturns not being ail
in at the titne,of our paper'agoing to press.
lar the Pennsylvania Legislature, Mr.
Chase, on the 15th inst.) read in place,, in the
ilonse,, a Sill to extend the terms of the
CriurtsofStiNuehanna Caunty4o three weeks.
' ' Oti-the 17th, an act to lay. out a State road:
from Lfitle . Smdoirs
_in . SusquehaMlaCoun
ty, to LeTilysville .in - Br4r4ford County;
an4 4 an act to repeal the Lenox road imis in
the townslnpa - - of Brooklyn an 4 Gibson, in
SO'squebanna County; passesi.,..fixl.-kqe of
Berresentaiives - •
: tar It is denied that* Mr. B l uchaniii. is
allies!,.heir being the father of the Lecomp
ton Constit u tion. • His offspring—if it i his
'—may hand, down 'histame to posterity:hut
is alnktist, certain toprmt the death of its fa
OF' Senator Douglas, a shrewd; far-see
lag politician, confe.edly the ablest pemo
eratic letid.r in the United States, has recent
ly'talceti alposition in dit!ect hostility r to the
Southern men 'whC claim it as their preiog,a
-tive to codtrol the action of the itartyjand Is
battling with all his power against their Pet
measure, the admission , of,Kanws- under ;the
LecomptoO Constitution. I,llas the Senator
suddenly itist the political migicily v hich has
• aiwayi.bein ascribed to. him ? or does the
..
existing asst of tiatioind affairs indicated:it
ii i.
his pre,sen •course is a wise one? In
,our
opittion h .bas discovered that the sceptre is
sboutto depart from the slavadrivers, and
pass into the hands of the freeman of — the
•
North.. 12
"So sittlful
ssamen ken the laridlimirsi . ,
. Which sliOsys like mists to the dull passenger." • I -
A DIG. IFIED LEGISLATURE.—Wq.have not
:thought it desirable tobpre our readers with
- theprociled ings .4„. of fhe Pennsylvania Legisla
ture,-so 1: as as it continues to do Uothina- of
importancip the following proceedings
:in : the llOnse*,:on the lath inst.; which w find.
reported in. the - Harrisburg Telegraph,.
be. of interest to out reader's, as showing how
that Demderatie bOdy employs its tiine With
DemOcatie Governor and a large Demo
_ eratie majority- •ia both houses, that party
his! no e. cuin for delayinethe- public busi-,
. .-- ..
Hess. • .
Mr. Snlith 6 , of Cambria ;
_offered the follow
. in,;:resoluilon,.viz. : . - 1
ifehrly . acros?.. freer heart. . ••
-Mrs. §:rah' Mack, sworn.—Was in this
house about 6 iAleck, on Tuesday,,ltlie•i6th.
Qbserved nothing about. the' rooin unusual-.
.Floor was not wit. Helped attire deceaosed,
on Wednesday; inber grave habiliments.—
Saw na bruises on her person, nor marks in
dicitive of violence having been used. ller.
countenance was flush, : Had put on h clean
pair of.atockinz and shoes preparatory to'
going to: singiq, "school, that "night. 'fief,
porte•monnaie bad been - placed on the - timid.
box.•-• . There ,were no appearances of her hav
ing vomited. • • *.
sMrs. Lydia Ann Quick, sworn. Came hereabout 6 o'clocl .. , Entered Alie room de
scribed by first witness.- Deceased lay 'on
the floor, as descritled,by.firsth-ithess•;- arms
and lower limbs were- oft. 'One pillow was
under her head; and by her side. Mr.
Gates, Mr., E. P.-Mack ; and A. C. Quick re
moved the body to anothet room. Helped
lay out deceased. Discovered no marks,
bruises„ or discolorations.about hers, person.
,Dr. B. 'Richardson, affirined.—Came here
on the 16th, at about 20 minutes • past 7' o'-
. • - ,
.. I clock. Found , deceasecUtipon •the ed, - in the
ilar - r,e ,Publish -thfiefollei;ingtwo brief room where firsefound..* Observed that .ap
, pearanee of eyes and
.ci - aintenante • indicated
artielesjor. the
,purpose showlEg that net
that .she was asleep. The iris -.was about
tier. thi•spirit of nor,slavery- the spirit of i•two•thirda dilated
dilated, fixed. - Color-of face
- -. i
freeditm; is. Sectional, but that imen•oc i nobl e . I natural; mouth perhaps a little firmer closed
free:soill sentiments may be found the 1 , than is usual in sleep. -Observed : nothing
Labgtit the body unusual, thought nppeara,n;
l'acigthi - and very mean pro-alavq_pten in
indicated a violent rush of, blood to. the .
the Nerili. The No;thern specirkeii : iv'e find I e ' Ps
. • • J.:brain. , Nudged no involuntary evlacuations.
ittreditedi to the Troy n d r but 0 , -?,,
-ii•-ge., ....ai. F ar:Ler 1 1 - No unusual ' sme ll'
snie about the body. There
. stole it from the Boston Post, in whiehlit ap- was ...a slight discolorhfion about the lips'
- ; ,
•
peered originally. It runs thus: • • ...i. . I Wherether touched. Lower. limbs some
witsoo, 1 what stiffened,. A slight warintli it; the ax-
Senator:Doit'i aim nrm. l2 :Hon.,.Henry
Hwy.. Saw 119 vials, and nothing that would
I from Xass.achusetts, aecoriding v . to
indicatelthat. medicine had been used. , wji
present iappe.. vanees, *ill not be returned tol
here again about 3 o'clock, a. m.,on the..l7th.
the Senate; .Wilson appreciates' this- stile of
thititi; hence-he has become .blustering and I the 'air change in appearance of decca,4,
the' redness' first spoken- :of, had extend ,
bullying in OangretS, in order; it is under- i
ed to -her face and - neck. Faamined for pock
stood, to get kicked or cuffed--Sumnerized
the
ebi-in her--'clothing, but could -find none.
•,, --ead by that ''Se,..eure a re-election after -
Mrs. • Williams,-re-callid.-ITare seen no
manner of his brokkii-beideil -- colleig,ue; ' The
. vials or papers, of medicine' other than bur,
•Aiiti-.anti of - Massachusetts therefore
,own; about,the.house,und have, no medicines
appeal to :firi-eaters, in. fait to all mankind,'
will be re-elecie
1 1nore,powerllil than painAiller and pepper
' not to atrike,, beat, kick, maltreat ); or in any
'of!i. mint. General health was good, and - her
way tOimblest the aforesaid champion
;mild , was.not disturbed by anything ; so - far
- ' freedom: hr, if they do, he be
to the iFoited_.: , atates senate io - spite of tho o . l - -u.si know. - liu.t ;h' not ; of tier having an
or o her- keeping corn -...-
. der; ang',4l,44umld be doing - them a great ; marriage tx - intrac
one. -She. ad worked , at• Mr:i
des.Pheilit epithet want the SuinniNedge;llPanY•wlfhlalV
' cap - sr Bullard'a, and Alt. McKeeby's, in Bridgewa
- played*ier again.t. 'The only thing that
ter, during the fir-..., part of the winter. Came
saire:lngilson, Ilinkiand Co:, from &kat iri... l '
of:
Massachusettsborne two weeks ago yesterday. llas next year will be a roii;th4ei,
in good - spirits since. Think ishe was more. . irind,infl nothing Would gratify• - them morel
\ I , taibia4!•it , _ . .take place. It wopld be a god- tilesh•Y since her return, and there - was more
*id We to in: . - ~. - -. . •„.: „..1 color in her countenanee Appeared to have
- 1 ... i5.40 dang.er that the
c h il ,_,_,.,. ii;' - • good
,appetite-. ' Fron window- .curtains
• • ;
p n rot •
~ ,
attack .
ittate..;aalcsi.
they
. , -..... ca n catchhail
.John Lindsey, 'ew' orn.--Saw :deceased in
mei
•
sleep, dso disabl - rz•iiiin t - as,they did Suna:' t the afternoon look out of the -window • hi,
.
tier, wio giving a chance .to.diffend
.1 1: ween . I and II • out• Vim ' 2 o'clock. Again between 3
,liimse:lf.i, After that- da.stardly 'assault'. Wii. .and 4 .i'clocksaw her lookout the front win
.; - thhik•ileeurtains on .sic north end of
... son; as, Well as Wadeind Surlinganfe;:beard
..2 ~ , ..L . c.__.
__ bold! ,
and ,
_.
and the . bouse were dawn all the .afternoon.': Saw
wit •
467 iffe•eaters•..‘y TepFatedlyi •Eno - per son come ici or leave the house durifi
, they 'ed riot touch Lim or either-of -Ale I.the-aTternoon: come
house six times
_ -others. !Arooks,, - aftei-challen g in g •Burli n _ that ilifiyeionnl'.- ,':-. - ' - •- ' - .
-fie': "i.tfraid'to - ineet him. '--• ' • . , ' 33... W.c. , P;tnAiiken. sitiorn. Faser.l- this
:'-.... i . rr,-
_, -; .., ~ ~. ,- • ' , iliouse eigfit tithes orilhe Afternoon of' the:l6th
. 77,4,, ,. „_ ,1 . ir r.. ; article, referred to is
.rtom toe t- , '
S t. ,ff4iii_zj e i a.4 ., z , l2 . 4sz4;ll ,- ... ,„ :.,i ~ .. :, inst. • -,Sa.ir no •pea wn in or, aboat
,the- house.
"_ .. . . ~• ' , Noticed the 'curtainii down
: - 41: 17 aihlt•.S.italxgit. -•NVe- are
.glad i ''i •- - I -:f a house. - °”. the - " rth. ' end
o earn I 4r=i le 'Dictrtoapptiee thosein front.
froui --- th.:, - tielegraptde .reports .if Sen
Stunairlivill'Ut pnee.r • i . 'at•- and ator 1 :Dr: , Achardson, t•c•kallea l .. • . -Am -cf ti e .
eStlinV naitseat, be Opinion that all the el L. - ; •--: - ~ -, •s. at tiding.
. . 1
,Presellt-40 Celt, his - you. -: upon, the pending her death inv lie. «,,7' '.-4. 41;t:m -the „prin.
1 .. . .
. '",i-5 , 4:3:• - /•- -,.•••-• -.•••,- ,
• wi-._iii.,„,, - , •••••••,,,,,,,,.,
. ..
- •,.: -, ,tir4 , 4:,f,". ~.,t;,, 1 - : :' '-
w leaves -but a small force of 8
orlo . tot-act in that capacity, and as kud
farce is•now entirely foasmall to protect the
members from a charge of 'outside barbari
-111111: _ - '
s -
, Therefire Le ii.Reeolred, That the balance'
of the Poor-keepers .be discharged the
House take . a recess, and the Members go tin"
t bender,ifor one week. • • -
• The resolution was read a secoyld time; but
*defeated On -its final passage: Only • two
membe4-s•HMessrs. Smith, of Csmbria, anfj
Smitbkdi Wyoming, voting forlt.
Pelhoun moved that all the proceed •
hies had dpon the resolution ofXr. Smith,,of
'.Cambilbe•expunged frotii the Aournal.
Nest Jenkins and sill, - opposed the
'idea off expunging any
,resolutions from the .
JOirnals* they were ready. to let -the people
see what' they were doing here so that they
could sedge of :their actions—no member
ought tb j antroduee matters before the 'House
which be was ashamed to see on the record.
The resolution to EXPUNGE , was' finally
by 39 yeas:to_3s nays. .
MEE
propositions for nn intlense of the army - Ana
• - - -
C
the foreing of the, Le&nilptoli...Constitution
upon an' Although -still
suffering from the effects of the dastard blow
.which shattered his 'nerroasyStO, and-Jinx
ions to seek he retired paths of iprivate life;
yet a senseof duty and the unanimous yea
of thqse 'who titive trustedrtheiri good cause
AO WS keeping retains'. him in 'his : place. The
laurels bathed in his own:: blond cannot be
worn more fitly 4uring life, thareby . him w
was .so ,brutally .shuck down i enate
tor daring,to deferd_the---g its of freemen
in ,Kansas ? Massaaiusetts today should be
ptoutlerA his suffering . tban she ever was of
h& fearless eloquence. in times past. Ile
Stands x first Martyr_ in our national councili
to st f deseerated liberty of specch,.and his
very presence, the -is an.argurnent'against
the wrongs that have been•perpetrated, that
no logic can refirte, and that few.teel ready
to confront.- The silence of Sumner is more
'.touching than tha deepest pathos Of atiother:
may.perchance restore to hiM his gift,
ed:power of .speech; and his-elevated oratory
may again resound through the arches' of tbe
capitol where ho has hitherto won sucli en-
AUring fame; but whether it does-or not, we
must. ever hold in admiration that devoted
ness which prompts his zeal-, and bears him
up under bodily infirmities that would para
lyze weaker-spirits. • Let him reniain :where
he is, and 'when '-.Kansas shall have been dis
enthralled, and redeemed,-it will be • Ohm
. .-enoUgh for uneasy strillitious inert to seek to
fill his rlaee
Remarkable. Case of Sadden Death.
'' On the.eVeniag of Tuesday, of last week,
February 16th, Miss" .Ellen . Bagley, aged
' aboutseventeen'years, was found dead at the
' house of Elisha G. Williams, in Brooklyn,
this -conng', wile ' she . resided, being . the
I niece of ?Jr.a Willtatk - .t .,. 1.:!l of the family
. ,
1 except the deceased had been' absent, and' on
returnin44.thtne.at about, six o'clock p., m.,
. 1 they fin:lid-tile deceased lying on the.bedroom
floor, dead. i •Coroner Blackmun ',held an in
quest on thq 18th inst.: the proceedings of
•
which were i ns follows: • , _. .
- At an Intiot::q tie s ld this 18th day of Feb.-
1 ruary, 1858; before J. Blackman, Coronet,l
'Eat the house of Elisha G. William's, the fol:
Jurors
~ - . .
toying ere
,impantieled : 11.: 0,
'
IMi I es, M. L. Mack, A. C. Quick, D. D.M. Teo'
1 tnai:s James Sterling', 0.0. lletinpstead;,J:
i'
-'0 Bullard, G. V. Adams, il - as. newitt,Ralph
Sterling, 0., A. Eldridge „E. P. Mack, . )
" The following are the material portions of
. 1 the.testimotiy given before the Coroner :
1 E/isht 6. -Williams, stcarn.—Left. de-'
ceased on Tuesday the 16th inst., in her usu-
I
al health, which was good,ao o'clock p. M.,
land SaW her no mOre until about ti o'clock.
Ryturfied Atha ttrpe and f l opnd the house
fastened. Tried Ounfasten the front door,
but. could not. Do notAtiow certainly whe-'
titer the doOr was locked or not. Tbe key
was on t 42 outside. 'lt . Is generally .kept
there. The lick sometimes gets out of or
der, and i.: difficult to open: Forced open
the-back door by hurstinil. off the button.,
Came in and, found the fire nearly out. Went
into,bedroOm - self and Wife usually occupy,
to get my ' , knife to' whittle kindlings, and
fouid the door blocked; lititln my hand - to,
I remove the .obstrucijon, and • first -felt the
I flee ,of dee r eaeol., Told my wife ,she, was
dead,-and rallied the tidighbors. 'Deceased
i had Made her home with me since' 4 year
DO last August. Her health has been good;
soifar as I eVer knew. 'Left. her in god spir
e its. Know of wry:lose for her. death. --
1 • .Mi.s.-Elaily William' 4worn.-- • -ls -Wife of
fE. G. Williams ; Thirrob l orates the statement
of. first witness. .
I : . E. P. Afack. sworn.—Caine "10 the house
of Mr. Williams near 7 o'clock. Found de
ceaSed lying on the fleet..-
_ - , •••
6 • m , sta They were
v r'
ciples of natural c uses, wit
violence onjhe part of.anv ode.
Dr. Ezra' Patrici., alftrnied.P.-- Am not sat ,
isded'as to the• canr of de.`a 1 of deceased.
Think other; causes:o,9Q, be. discovered by
wirier . -
I Dr. Ezra Park, paern.-1 o n
testimony 'sufficient to e
sis that the, d • .-- ••icd-fro
jlri: Williams,lre-rallecl.l iiiv il no cups
that looked like hiving .etintined medicine.
i
Identified her trunk „which . was examined,
but disclosed nothing to agile' at any, defin
ite-conclusion as tt the taus qof her death.
.__Post mortem aminationkFortptliree or
Forty four loom fter deal ,No external
I T
marks of violence orOhe bo : On opening
the abdoMen, no unusual a ' earance; slight
redness . about the short rvature of the
-stomach. A. portion of the 'ejunum slightly
reddened;uteris and append ges normal. On'
arising the sternuni, appeara ces normal,
.4.p.
pearances of the I heart mt . ral, externally
And internally:ungs he Ithy. Stomach
f,
internally natural, except so ne little -discol
prations from congestion of some of the ves
sels. Brain externally sho red a very con
gested state of th vessels; .on . opening the
I first ventricle e travasatio --extramsation
'in the lateral ven isles=cer bellum_in a
con
gested state. • ' • ,
Drs. Richards° , Patrick Park, and Chant ,
1 'borl in testified •it substan e. that death
,re
sulted 'from eongcstion of t e grain and rup
ture of the blood vessels.
' Verdict of the ;fury,'
cd, jurors stunm ned by tl
alt inquest 'over he body
laiir of Ilro6klyn, deceased,,
'enquire into the -luso of hi
met at\he house of E. G. 3
township, on Ibis ilSth day d
upon our oath and affirm.
' the said , Ellen Bagley, on
February, in the year -ti
the County ,f Stisquehan '
bowie: of E.- G. Williams,
the northeast corner Of th,
six o'clock in the afternoe,
fotaid dead ; .tha .. she .had
knee upon her person ; an
tation of God, heir death be,.
gestion:of the brain; and r,
. ' (Signed by the I
. . ATTEST, Iri BLACK
.F. r . the liedep ' uh;tt Repfhnean. .
The Seitoid Lttw—A Ile .. Proposition.
BpOOKLYN . , ..et). 2:ld, 1858.
MESSRS. EDIT -51i :—.AA here,WeßS to be
quite an earnest and perswing disposition
in the public min 1 d
to Wit e the Legblature
in
to remedy some! of the e. palpable defogs
of our present SPhool Sys mi. at least. so-far
asit, relates to SUsqueltan County, I have
concluded, after 'consult: tion with many
friends - of edneatlion, to fZu mit the following
Memorial .to thd•considera ion' of those who
1 is . I
are. moving in the matter reform. if the
plan indicated shall be apg eyed by any con
siderable share .if the people, or be found, on
ekamination i lea objectionable than the cue
Promulgated liti the mectitg of the 13th inst.,
it is to be hoped that no l'ne will be tbst in
tilling up and fo4-warding - uplicate Copies of
the Petition,to our Repro_ ntative at Barris
!
1
• i
burg. - ' it,
To the H onorahle Senate. ',lei House of Rep
resentatives of the Conn onwealth of Penti
-4 .
' • -sijleania .: . .
The petition, of the . .un ersigned, citizens
of Susquehanna, County,, vspectfully. repre
sents that they are labori g under.many dis
advantages and'embarras . bents, having their
Origin in Some imperfecti ndin the details of
the present SchOol Law of his Common wealth;
ant believing .Said Law usceptible' of such
i li
improvement a 0 will bett r adapt it . to the
wants of our cOmity, ,an thus increase its
usefulness, we rav vo • ..L1....- - zeF - rilais
td , firk4s, pproved May Bth,
1855,4 is to require the eeetion orbut three
erectors in lieu of six; (i
vlio shall be paid seasonable
lisonable compensationlor their services,)one of whom shall be chosen. by the Board a
Town SuperintOiderit, ano shall visit each of
theseveral schools in hi g - District at least
twice during each term, a d have otherwise
sueh.g'eneral supervision , ter the schools, as
is.now by
. law vested in_ • e County Superin
tendent. • .: -
' • And We also; pray,yoti Honorable bodies
i . o so alter or amend the Ist section of the
aforesaid. ai:t; :is to limit', the'Auties of the
l l
(Minty Superiatendent td the semi-annual ex
-amination of candidatesr Teachers in each
of the several School Dis icts;and to the Ire
ception and transmission f :111 papers, docu
ments and repOrts, passe g between the De
tpartment for Common S()els and the sever
al,Boards of pirectors, a now' by law requir
ed, for which services he . all bo paid the sum
of —:------ - dollars per dim, far the time nec
essarily erripldy ed.
f
The covetedlamendm is to apply only to
Susquehanna ..ounty.-
A.nd your pptitioners
. ~
.'"or the Ind endent &pub/icon.
Towns ip Election.,
cans of II; rford have achieved
y.; They. 'have elected their
y very lay; increfreed mojort-
Acing is t e number ot' ‘otes
respeetivi candidates on the
Ilaifor.
- The Republ
a noble victor!
whole ticket bi
ties: The full?
polled for the ..:,
19th iirst : '
En: Justice; of the Pi ce.—Dexter Siblty,
158; A. Chas 04. publican maj, 94.
Constable.—E. Y. Gr en, 171 ' • E. T. Tiff I
any, 49. , Republican tn ., jurity, 122. -
Assessor.—H. M. J4nes, 133; 'Amherst(
Carpenter, 80 Republiban majority, 53. • •
Supervisor.. Joseph roore, 146; Rich
ard •Richatdsott, 56. It publican maj., 90.
Judge of Eection.—J seph•Powei.s, 141;
Yremanaingley, 01. ,
.publiesn mtg., 80.
litir
Our 09 Distingitished Bigler.
Ex-Governor.Bigler, ribw mis-representing
the State . of Pennsylvania in the Senate of
I -
the United Staies, is ma inglilmself partien
lady ridiculous in that bdy. . A-correspond
ent ofa prominent Philo elphia pipe, writes,
i t
under date ofl the 12th, s follows, in allud
jug to one of!the Penns, lvania Senators :
" YoU wOuld'he iritereA d in seei,pg Bigler's
obsequious totidyisin t6 Lich Southirners as;
Davis and-Mason, in th ir.war upon Judge
f
Douglas. \ ith the De oeratie party orhis
whole State, aye here Douglas.
d there on excep
. thin, on the ede of Do glas, Bigler sits in i
-bis seatand o eys:the andates of men who 1
are only anxi ins- to de ride and humiliate I
`the Northern States. watched him from'
1 3
the galleryl.he other day ; when -Davis,
Toombs, and Mason, -t e arrogant Iwo-sla
very trio, • determined " ,prevent Douglas
-from diseirising the - K sag bill, and from
exposing the frauds of ttie minority in Kan-
:sas-,. ami m hen it came - t the. yeas .and nays, -I
our beauty Oil a SenatorEigler -Voted to pre
Douglas,. and' to - stifle 'investigation. I left I.
the Semite digusted an: ashamed, of such a I
representativen of good Id Pennsylvania."
Mr. Biglet4 was the loydest 'arrmag the)
-rOud,.in his pOlitical roe hes during the Pres- 1
idtntial - campaiga - , in pr claiming the' princi.
pies of the Kansas-Neb iska bill, and in . de; i
; , elaripg that the people* . liiiiisas.iliould have I
the :mistperfect liberty' n'tramino• all their]
institutions! ploy,!;:wh - ls he,. tend what is..
he? . The mere _tool of % .slave power and
1
Ore:Wm !—lfarrieburrekgropk.-
. . 1
ut . supposing
Meting. EDITORS :--Your intelligentreaders
are dOlibtleitnware of Ole fact that t heme are
laws in all the Southern States by which are
punished any attemptt- at sawing the_ seeds .
of 'diSaffection among the ." niggers" of this
country. I - will-relate -a circumstance rusts
specimen of the more summary Mode adopt.
-txl, for the punishment such ‘misdemean.
or - s'—,of the "law unto themselves" -
which
' the citil people here have adopted for. purpo
ses of expedience. The account was pub
lished about a week agO in theltemphiS..Eo
gle aid Enquirer, and I have tried to get a
copy-lof .that paper -to send you; b ut could
not, t I
- will, however,.give the.substance of
•
the account ~.- • k k .' • 1
- On the Mississippi Central Railroad, in- a
certaln town in Northern Missiskippi, during
Christmas weelitt Hiturnian,who was-passing
along by the Depot, near several slaves 'en
gaged at work, took it into his head that the
negreca ought to, be free, and2---in all probk
bility white 'under the influence of." the spiv
itti7l-thad the impudence to tell them to quit'
work, thist they were as free as anyb;Ody, and
that ' he was their friend. It was hut a few
mutates before Paddy was summone,d.before
"Judge Lynch" to answer some 4ry grt- ve
charges for the .conversation aforesaid. It - .
was ;soon decided that he should be lej out
and !well• switched on his naked- hide With
switches of Black Jack, (a thorny oak.) , Tlie
paper wittily remarks that,'" in these exerci
ses Paddy learned somcthirg new of South.
ern:life!" - ,
No doubt the Irishnian was Entirely irce
from any serious' intention of mischief, but
:in all probability was joking to the nigg,rs,
not award of' the imprudence of such con uet
4 6.
in this country. SUch imprudence I was
guilty of myself a number of times soon af
tet fray arrival in the State.of - Kentucky, in
1833 ;,and had it pot been that. I was looked
upbn as a very green Yanitee'boy„ I should
have been 'driven to the slime exercises as
was this Irishman to gain a little knowledge
'Of Southern. life. - In Let, I was told'that
only such considerations saved !neon geve
ral ;occasions. .
Now," - no one'liere will dens- that", had our
her been a Tennesseenuinstea"d of Hibernian,
and , acted thus imprudently, he would have
received a gentle reproof from the sober.cit
izens, and nothing more---•-but had he persist
ed in - the same conduct ; why, then, according
to ;the laws of
,the country, he wouldlhave,
been returned ,to court, and fined and sen
tenced to several days' imprisonment, But
had' any set of men served a native Tenees
seean that way, the . whole community would
hate bursted .with indignation.: The,, Oli
garchs themselves' would havecried It dOwn ;
and' if the person thus- l punished liadi any
friends, Itad not those friends avenged the
wrong and disgrace,- they could have been
'by the populace pronounced consummate
coWards—than which a man in this country
would much lirefer to be called it thief. But
then, what is an Irishman I In th's part of
the country, nothing- more nor le st.han a
t
street - worker, road worker, and ".a d
abolitionist !" I knew ais basin' , „to lie
dead in the public streets of Memphis about
a ; day- and a half before tiny. one would turn
out to_ bury him. . Another ease I iiteWsof,
which took place in this town, two fears ago.
An Irishman died, and it was ,with the
greatest difficulty that men enough colld be
obtained to bury him. And another case took
Owe in the town of Colierville, last summer,
-Colierville
,is a small village, lying on the
the Memphis and Charleston ailroad, about
35 miles from the' former city. 'A. man
fr i pm the North, who was engaged at common
labor for a schoolteacher in that - village, was
first applied to, through his--. einployer, to
work in the' cotton field, a. few days, the
-planter alleoing_ that
__lik..was.
...i..6.-i-, ) s•was c ` - prifib - ittli at' little piqued at the
rea i sop assigned by the planter for needing
hi services, whereupon e told the applicant
that "he had better set daughters to work;
in place of the wench." is so enraged the t
planter that he: "let into hurt' with a hoe,
with which • he first knocked' him down, and
gave him several severe blows when down.-
Still not satisfiedthe planter called - upon seve
ral of his friend Oligarchs whojOined with him
and led the victim,already half braised to death,
into a retired .place in the woods near by,
and there they took him througb some exer,
• eises peculiar ,to Southetn erodes of Punish
ment for such misdemeanors. They report
ed on their return, to town, that they iet him
gi), and told him never to iteseen.again-in
' that tieighborhood. And he never was seen
again'in that neighborhood, but; about a week
afterwards- the news came out. that c, man
1 - toin: that village had seen the vietimgying
I apparently dead, in the woods near the rail
Iread; between the village and Memphis.-
The report of his having been killed in ;such a
Manner, and being seen lying dead in the
woods like a brute, did- not egKetly smell
Well in the moral nostrils of everybody in
'those parts'; and then another story was
itaked that the supposed deceased had been
seen' walking in the streets of Memphis'. It
is natural -that the reader should ask,!if the
said supposed deceased was lying in full
view of the passengers on the railroad, Wheth
er a coroner's inquest would not have been
field over the body, and the murder made
public,if proved, and the murderers puinished.
My reply is that the whole Country between'
olierville and Memphis - is peopled - by
wealthy planters generally;. and the news
4aving got abroad of the " pnnishmet" of a
".' d--:L 7 d Northern abolitionist"--- c exten
-1
IVvely, with the spread of which new s
was interested in. the blood-an sweat
of the " niggers"-4he matter wins hus, ed up
in the neighborhood where the-,corPse was
found, and the 'report of the - victim's being
seem in Memphis w,as fabricated to satisfy the
people of the neighborhood where the Outrage
was committed. This is annwful-tale to tell
against a refined and christianized comniuni
ty ;- but God 'knows that such outrages, and
similar means to evade the conse4tences,
are not uncommon occurrences in the, South
ern States. Had any one , reported the
above outrage to any,of, the Memphis pa
pers,, the -editors knew too wellfrom what
source -their bread was buttered; to give it
publicity.- And had any report ofilt been
made to any Northern paper, and Met the
notice of the pressest'of Memphis, as a matter
of course they-would bare said to their read
ers, of the' man who reported it, " liunt,that
fellow out ; you have an enemy. in your
camp !"
think the
the hypottie
natural eaus-
, the undereig,n
F Coroner, to hold
tA Ellen Bagley,
i;yid enjoined to
r death, having
Williams, in said
Fairnary, 1858,
ion do find that
the 16th day of
,resaid,' at and•in
m, to wit, at the
n a dormitory in
house, at about.
of that day, was
no marks of via.
died by the visi
nf, caused by con:
b
ot Otherwise.
,nrors.) .
AN, Coroner
ill evei pray s Sze.
. _. . .
A number of 'instances of this kind I have
been acquainted with during.mylong stay. in
the South, -- and on the strength of such ad
vice of the papers,[ indignation meetings have
been held,, will& have resulted in 'driving
suspected men out of the neighborhood, some
of whom have been outragett. 'YOu have
here a few hints Why you atthe North never
1 .
.hear of more than ',a mere fraction Of 'he , out
:rages that are committed on Northe n men
at .the South. ,
-
In a late number of your paper I noticed
'an account of a min) in Texas, who is said to
be the largest fariner in the United States— .
he having fifty working hands. Is it rnSSible
that the conductors of public preAses at the
Notch; are so' little acquainted with the
strength of. planters here Does not Mr.
Helper, in his, beoft, give statistic's slto , ,ying
that thousands in the south own hundred's of
negroes, and several - as many as thousand
Aor the lndipe iden Republican.
Lltter . froin Tennessee.
--:one, 'fifteen kindred 4. ~...,g.w(ktliird
and Aittlb—Work the cottonlields.
:biggest-farmer in the United States\;"
only makes 300 bales of cotton !' Ttii
men .in Mississippi who make from 1
4000 bales. I know:of one in Tenne ,
milei from this place, who makes 701
and another' in Mississippi, about 21,
from thiS, who makes pOO bales. I
IiMI
•• I '
• - Stanton on. Kansas,
The anti-Lecompten men oil NO'
city, bed a'meeting on the evening dl
ruary 18th, which was presidd
George, Bancroft, the .Demoerritie hip
with a number Vice Presidents
whom were the following pront!inent
•
ends : George Douglas, Jas. A.; Mc
editor
of the 1 - Icempues Jouriz4l; .
Q, Massards, editor of the Coui7ier
'tines; 0. Ottenderfee, editor of th
Zeitung, Letters were received fill
tor Douglas and other Democrats
gress, approving the objects of the
The Main felt,ture, of the 'meeting
speech of Seer'ettlry Stanton, which fit
columns of the Tribune, in small t
is' very interesting throughout. Wt
be glad to publish it in full, but u
tent ourselves. with the following cx t
' The most important facts which utr upon
the ease have come to my knowle since
the act by which apportioned the 'erritory
for the election ,f the .sixty deleg ites who
composed the Constitutional Cony ntion.—
Now, gentlemen, although Gov. Wt lker and
myself endeavored to persuade the •eople-of
the Terrritory to into . that de lion, and
although I thought then and still ttink, that
it was .unfortunate that the people • vho were
,registered did not git into that el Aion and
get control Of the Convention ; it w Is imposi
ble with the state t)f feeling then pm. -ailing in
the minds of the people, to persua .tlfein to
participate in that election. The had not
been sufficient time ; the confide ce of the
people - had not been obtained eithe by Gov
ernor Walker or myself. We fe tit to be.
our dub- to enforce the law for tht time be=
ing, bu only so far as to enable the: t to have
quiet and peaceable election, " rce from
fraud or violence." to 4ISC• the length ,gegf the
Secretary of State. ; Je a this proc ss of per
suasion Gov. Walker, in order to i educe the
people to go into an election tor dele
gates to this Convention, said. to hem that
in his judgment " the Constitution,! Conven
tion would submit the Constitut on to the
votes'.'of the people of-the. Territt ry." Al
most as one man the large crowdi'vhieh sur
reunded him : proclaimed that he -as mista-.
ken. Then it was that Gov: Wall r tittered
his celebrated declaration, that " f the Con
stitutional Convention did not s omit' the
Constitution to the vote of the seople, he
would'jern them in all lawful- in ans to op
pose it." [Loyd cheers.] In all 'he speech
es made before mid after that tim , by Gov.
Walker ormyself, similar declare ions were
made. Both he and I pledged ourselves, in
-every possible manner, ourhonor, character,,
everything, to the people of th' Te=rritory
thst.we would connive at no frau. —that we
w'onid suffer no trick, no legerden•tin, no de
vice of • any Om to deprive thetl of their
dearest rights. [Applause.] Aid we said
more, gentle Men ; we said, in my kin , ! these
pledges, that. we had the authori Arid sup
port of! the President of the Un tett States
and his whole Cabinet; [Laugh er and ap
plause:] 1 think, gentlemen, w' were au
thorized to make this declaration., I think a
fair interpretation of the instruedons of the
President of the United States to Walk
wrien-r-tv'etitittiterritory its ~ c
ernor, will warrant me in. Sayi g that no
other construction can fairly orn 1 be
o CSL y
, r
put upou them. lopplause.] tis an im
portant fact in this connection for eto state
to you that the President of the U 'iced States
and his whole Cabinet were advised of_the
proceedings of Gov. Walker an' Myself in.
the-Territorrfully advised oft em. And
more than that ; he was fully ads :ed of what
were believed to be the eonse; ences . that
would follow if s any other cotirs of poliev'
should be pursued. You will ardon rne,
gentlemen, if I refer you to the d' currents in
this respect..., [Applause.] In Go Walker's ,
dispatch _to en. Cass, dated the NI of June,
1857, he wrote:
"On one point, the sentiment t the people
is almost unanimous--that_ the Ctnstititution
mint, be submitted for ratification r rejection
to ii vote vf t6c. p oo p lo —6., .4.. It
fide residents of the Territory Ile.• t Fill I."
As early. as the 2,1 June, Gay. -Walker
'wrote to the President of the U, ited States
that no .'other policy would sut, ced in re
storing peace and quiet to the p ople ; and•
This was -the tenor of all his laws. lie
communicated to the PFesident o a the United
States the speech he - made at Topeka, .to
which I have already referred. In the dis
patch: of the 15th of July he inf. -rated Gem
Cass " that without his, assttra i rt es that the'
Constitution would be rubthitt4.,.the Terri
tory would have been immediate y involved
in-a general and' sanguinary ci
[Applause.] Such is the tenor o the whole
correspondence. • Every •nt reading
man in this whole anaience know. that it was
the assurances given in that sp tch at Tope
ka, and similar assurances prey ; ous to that
•tintei which prevented the Top; ka Govern
ment from being organized at th t very mos
ment, and perhaps put in actual tperatioe in
direct opposition and hostility to the Territ
orial Government. [do notknow gentlemen,
that I am jnstified in asserting tlia this would
•poiitively have been the case, bu I do knoW
that there was a long contest i 0--that body
itself, and in the Convention of t e - people of
the Territory that assembled . a Topeka. on
that occasion, upon the question z hether that
Government should immediatel be put in
operationpor whether a different c uree should
be pursued, and owing to the pe
icy of Gov. Walker ; a miger-tind - ..afer course
was adopted. [Applause.] Now. gentlemen,
Ido not know what view the Pr ident-of the
United States now entertains o' the course
of proceedings adopted by Gover or Walker,
during his period of service it;-Kansas, to
which I have referred, as emb.t died in the
dispatches read to you to:nit : Ott: IA Vo ick
=He don't know,himselt.] I . No not know
what, view the President. of the • nited States
entertains with regard to them, but this I
have to sty, that not one word el reproof or
dissent was ever, written eit •r to Gov...
Walker or myself &mit ,the title N . V . e 'went
first to the Territory until we c me away.—
[Loud applauie.]: The Preside tof the Uni
ted States heard Gov.. Walker .proelaim to
the people that they were en led to . vote
upon. the Constitution—that he would ,op
pose its acceptance by corigres if it were
not' submitted tb that vote; th :President
beard hith pledge his character, is honor, his
reputation, and everything; for be 'prosecu
tion of this policy, and he never Uttered one
'word 'of dissent. -[Applause.]' I leave it for
you to - determine whether, und, r these cir
cumstances, the President "was it • t fellycorn
reitted•to the policy which had teen: inaugits
rated under_ his auspices. [A plat/se.] I I
leave you- :to determine his honor
was not
. pledged; as ours was, t this meas.
ure of justice - :o the people Of K sas : - [Ap. a
rn
ENE
.. . -•-
tilause.] Weil, gentleinen, 'I: 'have - ; eaid :to
you that when the - people of the Territory
told the tale of the wrouviappression,•and
VielenceJ that had been ettannitte4and the
franda; ; ;-that,.htid - hein, perpetrated,.f Aid-hot
' belie VOthe story is•edible,., I did bot . bglieye
lit poSsitile that such thingsietiuld have ailitu.
ally taken place in this land Of liberty and
justice,:and as I have already,stated;itWas'
n*. until I had Seen acne things with my Own
1 eyettnit I- did 'really come to comprehend
! the true name of the feelings that eontrolletli!
' the masses of the people with whotriwe came'
iii eontaet, Now as the. ctober election be
,gan to apPrpach, it became perfectly evident I
that, the policy pursued by Gov. Walker was
about to succeed, and that the people had re- :
solved almost.inenimously,,to try the thing,'
and, ascertain :whether Gov. Walker would.
really stand by .hiSC,pledges._ They had de-'
tennined to vote in the October election.--; -
" It, is true," they Said;' , " Governor, that we`
I*
• will .try you, but you doe't knowtheseoffi
il cers as we do. They Will Cheat you to your
face ; they will cheat yciu out of your eyes,
and yowean't help - yourself." \What is still
more strange, and what looked tame at that
time to be the very hight of impudence, they
said, "If you
.do undertake to do \
.right,
the President of the United States wil•de.
'..ert, you." [Laughter and applause:la '"le
will not let ydu." - [Continued'ApPlause4 .
'Why, this was a common saying.in the Terd
ritory.,l heard it repeatedly. I. laughed' at
it. .1 id not think` it possible that my old •
I
friend James Buchanan, whom I Have respect.
ed,' and supported, and honored so long--:-I
did not think it possible that he would ever
-make such a declaration as this at all eolith
cable to himself But the people (341 tell us,
I that .if we- attempted to do right, our heads
Mould fly from the block instantly. But,
;-, •
; nevertheless, they said they would i try -the
Idling. Well, when our friends,pt the Pro.
Slavery party saw what *as coming pri, when ;
1 they saw that the people. had actually deter:,
mined ..to go into the election, it *as perfect!.
ly evident to them that their
; power 'would
I be gone, that they. would no longer ,hold;the
; power in the Territory, for, it was conceded'
1 before I left Washiegton to go to Kansas;.by
ninny of' the Pro-Slavery - men whom I found
there, that the Free-State men had a large
I majority in - the Territory, and when I-went
there, to my :entire satisfaction I found that,
it was true. [Appliiuse and laughter.] I
mean 1 was satisfactorily convinced that it
was true. '[Cheers and laughter.] Ido not
' mean to say, gentlemen, that - the information
which* I, actually obtained was very satisfac
tory to ; myself, for when I went there I went.,
a regular Berder-Rutliati; ; andsl may say. to
you - here tonight, that if the majority had
been on the other side—on the side of the
South—l would have for them. [Ap
p tinsel. I Weald have stood up for their
• • s [applause] as earnestly, and with the •
same "exertions, with the stone sacrifices
with which I felt it to be my duty to adhere
to, the rights of the other side, when I found
that. they so • greatly preponderated in num- !
hers. But when the minority : gentleinen-;--_
and it- was, a very small one—ascertained
that the great mass of the people had deter
mined to• vote. and that a consequent expo
sure of their 'weakness would take place, they
resorted to a- device : known to all of you, for
'the purpose of excluding the• votes of the
great mass of the people. -There had 'been.
previously existing in the Territory a law
requiring she payment of a tax as a qualifi
cation for voting, but the preceding Legis
lature, that of 1657, had repealed this law
by the plainest and most unequivocal inipli- .
cation. In the judgment of the best lawyers
in the Territory, and it afterwards appeared .
irr_the judgment of ' the_ President Of the. Uoi.
ted States and his whole cabinet, there was
not a shadow of difficulty with regard-to the
' - repeal of' that law ; yet ; l / 4 itie of the disfin
,..... . ,- .„,._ .../. .h.. ti.. 00.1 States in the
Territory [laughter], Judge Cato [reheated
' laughter], add another high functionary, the
' United States District-Attorney, wrote elab
orate and learnedopinioinalaughterleo on:ire
the contrary- of what it seemed to me every!'
intelligent laviver must have known was di
-plain and simple exposition of the law--
These opinions were sent broadcast -over the
Territory for the purpose of preventing the
mass of the people from voting; for in many
of the counties no assessment had been Made
aod where the assessments had been mad
• the great mass of the Fiee.Stateparty ha
refused to pay their- taxes and support a gpv
ernmeut which was not of their own selection,
[Loud applause.]
• You must not understand 'me; g9ptiern i eN
as giving any opinion as to the. propriety! °I,
the conduct ofthese people who refused ! I , d
pay their taxes.- That is .1)(24t gliesti6ii 't
did refuse to pay , their taxes. They w'cre.
not forced to pay them—in - agreat many lin i ,
stances they had. no opportunity-to pay -
them ; and the effect of this eonstruction of!
the law, if it had ; been maintained, would
have been to exclude the great mass , of the I
People, and let the whole.. Government, re
main
in the hands of an inconsiderable -niiit-I, i
,orhy of the petiole.,l thOught, 'gentlemen,
iand so did Gov. Walker, that,it would be ei- 1
Itremely trnfOrtnimie 'if this lame • difficulty
!should slip kept up by those positively in the
way of a peaceable settlement through the
ballot-box, and accordingly, we exerted our',
selves in every , lawful manner:ey speed); by ,
Writing, and GoV. 'Walker by his celebrated
proclamation, to spread abroad among the
people, and especially among. the judges of
election, that had been appointed under' the
Territorial authorities, an exposition of th ;,
law, which; in Our judgment„ and which i
i
the judgment .of the ;President and whol . 1
Cabinet was the true exposition, giving . .•
I- whole people, without regard to- taiation„ . o
! payment., or any imposition by the Terktiri
1, 3 1 Government, th.e right to participial
-. t? .
the election. • :,
- ' Well, the minority who had all the ina
1 chinery- of the Territorial Governinent,„wa •
in this way defeateM The people' id g,o fOr l .
ward and vote,andorlen they found out.that
this result was inevitable, the • minority rti-
sorted to another means to frustrate the ivil
- a the majority; and that was by
y - those eel -
;
1
brated returns froth Oxford, in Johnson-CO ,
and kern' three precincts in McGee- Count.
I had heard intimations prior to the election ;
that these things were about to -take lilac
but I could scarcely 'believe, - and; in fact,
Count.
did not for a moment anticipate, that 'any-'
thing of tikkind could be attempted by men
whom I believed to be respectable' and hoii.'
est. Why, !gentlemen, :when the return
were coming in from the di ff erent *parts of,
the Territory, -I was arnazed;one day, 'when,'
from an unexpeete&quarter a kill f paper
was handed to_me,said to contain-the returns
from Oxford precinct, Johnson county: t
I T
was-a large roll of paper, and *hen I tore o
the envelope I found it consisted (if- repeated
sheets pasted together, written* closely, wit
names, and rolled 'up like, it bolt of di
grinds; and like a dry-goods Man ; upon hi •
counter, I took* it through along the' floor -r L.
the office;-and 1 found it- extended ;from • et e
end a the Ifilding'ln. the other---froin th
froht;door to the back ; door-4i distance 41
'4s' or 50 .- - feef.'' It-;.cOntained 1;028' inyn •
from the Celebrated OxfOrd - preeinet, the-ee -
; sus' of which liar been reeentlSe taken• by a
commission established by the. Legislator.,
and what do yOu think IS the actual • poPul - Rill" A. -hill was introduced; "hi .144' New
tion 2 You -would imagine, there would e York Legislature on ; rriday, for the incorpo-
Vertalriltii thousand voters there or *tit' least ration.' -of the .Central AtneriCau. Industrial
seven hundred and fifty, or",--five five - hundred
- -,.... .. .
1 PniVistlon ; Corn, with 4,60t41, of $300,0Q0,
—big
"The
• nd he .
re are
10 to
ek l 2s
balo,
13:13
York
Feb
er by
tori an,
among
MIMI
fasters,
manual
,es Elas
Stoats
MEM
in Con-
Ileeting
!MI
=EI
pe,
should
ust con
ME
, . . .
butithe feet is, there are just thirty-three f
I[Lafod" laughter.] Well, it now became my
iduty to gitiarihe certificates non . these re-
1 turpl, - or to withhold] them to tile meiblies -- " - - k
of the, Legislature. i This - Johnson .Countv
..
~Iforders on the- Stato .of Missouri, and was.
eotineetq With Douglits . Tounty", a well -set-
I tied - county, which is. 'really - able /to • poll
- sothewhere . in the neighborhood of 2,000
, yoies, for every quarter section kirlandip the
whblecounty has bona-fide occnpants. John
soil County was conneet connected' wjth liouglas
Co inty in the apportionment, - apportionment, - and the two •
togctlier ,were entitled to eight re7pr,enta- :
=tivOs in the 'loiter. House, These returns
.tut Med the scale, as these gentlemen .very .
• vll 'knew. If these returns from Oxford
* ,re, allowed 'as genuine and true; the legis
lative power was'thr?Wn into ithe hands el
the minority: I did not suppokelbr ' a mo
ment that the gentlemen who had coneuctee
this fraud would' seriouslyinsiit - upon 't eir 'L
being recogeized by Gov. Walker . end my.
self; but we found that they did insist Upon .
thein ; that they insisted upon their with vi. -
'olfoce. and menaces, and we felt it our duty .
tai look into- the Matter. -We Wene,dowu in- ,
to[ 3olinson County, a distance of fifty or six
ty miles, for the - purpose of satisfying our
selves and seeing'with. - our 'own eyes what
utre the facts; 'find I tell ,you'; here to-night . , '
that y.e traveled some places- a distance of
eight or ten miles without seeing • a single
Unite on the road: -[Laughter:]. ', • :
• \-,, Alien we did come to houses in various
.parts of,the county, many of them -wer e.
without roofs ,, without ' doors, and . without •
chimneys even, though in that inclement sea
st.Co of the year. We:werittuqlie, littte-yil
14e ot•Oiford, and to the neighboring Yil 7.
lige 'of Santa Fe in Misionri; unit* we ascer
tained certainly; beyond all question; that
this whole liffiiir, was a • fraud . and forgery '
fm beginning te,end, - with- the exception of ,
.the few names *ith\whichltie dist com . menc-_
ed. It *as fortunate.for li, and fortunate
. the justice and the •\rights' of the people of •
Kansas that the affair, N1'1,9 so UnartificiallY . ,
4otten up, and the returns so 'imperfectly-,
t ade out that without any injustice, .yvithout ,
going behind the returns; w,ittiont exceeding •
he powers conferred upon"us by law, eve'.
4ould feel ourselves perfectly lustified in • re-
jecting these 'returns. [Loud \ applausel—.
F • When I received that celebrated paper, Gov.
Walker happened to be inTort LeaVemvorth..
t was his duty to give a certifiCate 10 . the
elegata in Congress, audit was mine'under
lie law to give eirtifiCates to the represents- ~
;Lives in the Council and lower house of the
egislative Assembly. I had made up my
I mind upon the first receipt of this -fraudulent
Ipap - er, that rather than "sign an y certifieate,
I upon it, if I should be compelled to tin so, I •
! ; 'would resign my place;—[applause,] in order
Ito signify the sense of wrong and outrage .1
!felt—not only and outrageagainst the people
Ilof Kansas,'but against myself, in:the -stippo„
'sition that I could be -.made At - instrument
of accomplishing so great. a ' fraud: ; [Loud'
applause:] Then, gentlemen; the. returns-
came form McGee County in a short* time* .
afterward-3,200 votes in n i enitrty,,in Which
t ere were but few or no' inhabitants: -;'Like .
J boson County, McGee' Gounty 'Consisted
al ost entirety of an Indian :-reservation. :It
Am but few white inhabitants. I beliefe-
Acre were some 24 or 30 voters in the whole
county. GentlZonen. lam sorry to say that
from the line that these returns were 'reject
ed, and,th power-in the Territory thrown
where it properly belonged—in the hands of
the majority=-there was a most significant
silence at. Washington. [Loud laughter—
We saw occasionally strange Outgivings of .*.
what was coming. ' We heard singular mat,
..terings, - and the telegraphic dispatches.hue
land there veld announce that " Thie \ Presi. •
-dent and Clilnnet have had Gov. Walker and'
1 Secretary Stanton under consideration*
, They will not dismiss them, but they, will
1 censure them both," Just about that time 3 '-
/ had prePared a letter, of some-two or three ‘
clines; addressed 4 to Gen. Cass, proposing to.
resign the post-of Secretary on, tine-31st of -
December. . I had a particulartbjecrjri view.
I supposed that about that time tho ( difficul.
tits. ould,all be settled, the troubles would
-be over, and that I could be relierud froni _
service there. A few days' attervrled I saw ,
these outgivings from 'Washington City.'ti
instantly sat down, wrote , 'to the President ,
Of the United States (you Will find theAocu- -
ment arming other letters, and ptiblic - d - oCu..'
.merits of Gov. Walker and myself to Geri.
Cass,) in Which I stated to the President di
rectly that) had seed in terious'letters from
Washington,' & newspaper 'a statethent - that
It was the purpose of the. AdMinistration ei•
the(' to dismiss GOV. Walker and Myself or
censiiie.usloi::'rejseeting those returns.* I-said
~ —.......„.... ~...1. tli - oe true ; nevertneies4
if there was truth in -- it, (desired to withdraw
my resig,na,tion, that I miAt stand on the
cl I - merits of theaet, and take my full share 'of
the responsibilit y . [Loud heers.] - . - -
I ..
BROOME COl7lll TY ERECT.!
REPUBLICAN SCPERVISOES.—LisIe, Union,
Maine, - Ves,rol, Barker, Windsor, Triangle,
Sandford, Nanticoke, Ctile4ville, Port Crane,
Binghamton.-12.
DEmorateroa Sernavisolui-Conklin • Ole
naroro.—.2-
The following are the officer elected in.the
I town of Binghamton. The gr ss fidsehoods•
published. in the Democrat and circulated by
r Levis S. Abbott, chargingthe County Treas . .
titer with being a defaulter, and the .county
with- being in debt thousands of dollars—pub-/'
fished according tO the con : fession of the Dent. •
ocrat, "3.apet the eieetionOlid not have
erect intended ?. It rind its party .are rout
ed in the Town and Out.u4-v-the Repetbli
'cans electing all. the imp,ortant 'officers. itt
Binghamton, and a *jerky of the Supervi- .
SO P§. The people the% that if it . was true
-thrtileny money, had been hist,, they would
elect a Republican Board of Supervisors .io
whom they lied confidence to hunt it up
We hope they .will go to work and tto it !•-•
following are the officers elected in this'
town of Binghamton Supervisor, Jobe N.
Congdon, (Rep.) ; TOwn-Clerk, Vincent
Graves, (Dem. and Amer.,); Justice, Frank-:
/in A. Durkee, (Rep.); -Assessor, Homer P.
Twichel, .(Daf4.•,) Comet issioneret Iligh
.'Ways, Pit-kink (Rep. ;) Overseers of
the
. Poor, Allen Austin; '(Rep.) :. Nathan B.
Ellis, (Dem. ;) Collector, William
. 8. Liw
yer, (Dem. and Amer. ;) Inspectors of Eke:
Uon,: Ist dis., William S. Baird, (Dem.) Or- '
sen-Cone; -Isaiah : 8: Math
ews, (Dem.) James Alons'eH,. (Rep•-;) Con- .
stables, Welker A. Cole, i Witliarn . R. Ste
vans, (Dents.) Aester W. Carder,. Elmer
Vit. Brigham, 'Benjamin- De Voe, (Reps. ;)
Sealer - of,Weights andYeasures; Henry, S.
Harper, (Dern.)--‘Broome:Rep.,F,eb.
yi •
• / io r Coto*trien..+-The eon- •
version M . Messrs. Mingles, Wiseand Walk- •
er„ ., three Democratic carididetes,fio the Prpr- •
idency, from follows.liip with the 'lreeaters, .
wes • ,doubtless owing to, their perusal of the
75‘th chapter of Psalms . , fith and 'tith verses
_.." Lift not up your . hero on high; speak
it
not with Stifineck. ,7- \.l. . .
"Per promotion cometh neither &Om the -
asl,
hot from the. If 'est, nor front the South.'
01`course promotion lutist come from the
I Yo'rth,. l • Would it not be well to send A. co
py of the Bible to Jett Devisand ISlr.Eeitt I •
CI